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States Patent 3,385,451 DISPLAY FIXTURE Carl L. Anderson, New London,Conn., assi'gnor to New London Mills, Inc., New London, Conn., acorporation of New York Filed June 23, 1966, Ser. No. 559,914 2 Claims.(Cl. 211-60) This invention relates generally to a display fixture andmore particularly to a display fixture of the type which is designed toset upon the floor and contain therein in a substantially fully visiblecondition lengthy tubular items.

Display fixtures are utilized in stores to contain items for sale in avisible condition so that persons passing the display fixture will beable to observe the items there- It is a principal object of thisinvention to provide a display fixture which can contain a large numberof items while occupying a minimum of floor space.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a display fixturewhich can easily be assembled at the point of display by unskilledpersons without special tools.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a display fixturewhich when disassembled can be readily transported and one which isrelatively inexpensive.

A display fixture embodying the invention and the method of utilizingthe same is described herein with references to the drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the front and one side of a displayfixture constructed in accordance with the teachings of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the display fixture which is shown in FIG.1 taken along the line 2-2 in the direction of the arrows as seen inFIG. 1 with items being displayed shown therein;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 3-3 in thedirection of the arrows as seen in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 4-4 in thedirection of the arrows as seen in FIG. 1 showing the connection of themoulding strip to the vertical member of the upper side frame;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 5-5 in thedirection of the arrows as seen in FIG. 1 showing the connection of oneend of a divider rod to a mid span cross bar;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 6-6 in thedirection of the arrows as seen in FIG. 1 showing the connection of onecorner of the floor board to a vertical support; and

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 7-7 in thedirection of the arrows as seen in FIG. 1 showing the connection of thevertical support and top cross bar.

The display fixture which is the subject of this invention and which isillustrated in the figures includes a rear member in the form of avertically disposed plan provided by vertical supports 10 and 12 and topcross bar 14 and rail member 16 which are disposed horizontally andparallel to one another. These members are fastened together in anysuitable manner and in the preferred form each of the cross bars isprovided at its end with a threaded recess such as the recess 18 incross bar 14 as shown in FIG. 7 and the vertical bar is provided with aslot such as slot 20 shown in vertical member 12 in FIG. 7 so that ascrew such as screw 22 in FIG. 7 can pass through slot 20 and engage thethreads in the recess 18.

Horizontal mid span cross bars 24 and 26 are also provided and fastenedto the vertical members in like manner in order to strengthen the rearmember and to ice provide support means for the divider rods 28 whichare described below.

A bottom member in the form of a horizontally disposed plane forming aright angle with the rear member is provided by a solid rectangularboard 30 designed to rest with one surface on the floor. The board isfastened at two corners to the vertical supports 10 and 12 by means ofbrackets 32 welded to the support members as shown in FIG. 6 and woodscrew 36 which passes through cylindrical slot 34 in bracket 32 toengage the floor board.

The remaining two corners of floor board 30 are attached in like mannerto the vertical members 38 and 40 of lower side frames 42 and 44. Lowerside frame 42 consists of vertical member 38, horizontal member 46 whichis fastened at one end to vertical support 10 and intermediate diagonal48 which is fastened at one end to the remaining end of member 46 and atthe other end to the uppermost end of vertical member 38. The lower endof vertical member 38 is fastened to the floor board by means of bracket32 and a screw 36, an example of which is illustrated in FIG. 6. Lowerside frame 44 is identical to lower side frame 42 consisting of avertical member 40 which is attached at its lower end to the floor boardin the manner of vertical member 38, horizontal member 50 and diagonal52 with the horizontal being attached at one end to vertical support 12and the diagonal being attached at its respective ends to verticalmember 40 and horizontal member 50. Rail members 16, 54, 56 and 58 areattached at their ends as shown in FIG. 1 to respective vertical members10, 12, 38 and 40 along the periphery of floor board 30 and spacedslightly therefrom.

Oppositely disposed side frames 60 and 62 project from vertical members10 and 12, respectively, and overlie the floor board above the lowerside frames 42 and 44, respectively. Each of the upper side frames 60and 62 consists of two horizontal members and a vertical member. Hence,upper side frame 60 consists of upper horizontal member 64, lowerhorizontal member 66 and vertical member 68 while upper side frame 62consists of upper horizontal member 70, lower horizontal member 72 andvertical member 74.

A plurality of divider rods 28 are attached to mid span cross bars 24and 26 between the side frames 60 and 62 with each divider rod beingspaced from adjacent divider rods whereby items to be displayed can besupported therebetween. Each divider rod is removably attached at one ofits ends to mid span cross bar 24 and at the remaining end to mid spancross bar 26 in a manner which is illustrated in FIG. 5. In FIG. 5,which is typical for each end of each of the divider rods 28, the end ofa divider rod 28 is provided with two depending brackets 76 and 78 whichare spaced from each other a distance equal to the width of the mid spancross bar. Bracket 78 is also provided with a threaded slot 80 whichsupports screw 82 therein. When the divider rod has been properlypositioned on the mid span cross bar screw 82 is tightened so that theend thereof abuts the cross bar maintaining that end of the divider rodin the desired position.

Each of the vertical members of the upper side frames 60 and 62 isprovided with a fastening means 84 as shown in FIG. 4 having a reduceddiameter shank 86 with enlarged head 88 which can be received in opening90 of tag moulding 92 to support the same in horizontal position. Tagmoulding 92 is a typical tag moulding which is provided to receivewithin the opposed channels provided thereby a tag having indiciathereon.

A name or other advertising bracket can be fastened to the tag mouldingin a suitable manner such as the name bracket 94 illustrated in thefigures.

The display device can be readily assembled for use and set up in anappropriate position. The moulding is removed when items to be displayedare inserted such as the rolls of floor covering shown in the figuresand indicated by the letters A and B. The letters A indicate longerrolls than the letter B as shown and these rolls are inserted in thedisplay device upon removal of the tag moulding and adjustment of thevarious divider rods. Each of the rolls rests at an end on floor board30 within the rails and the rearwardmost roll rests at its upper end onthe top cross bar 14 with the remaining rolls being supported by leaningagainst the next adjacent roll. After all the rolls have been insertedthe tag moulding is again placed in position and the items are quiteevident as persons pass the display device. When it is desired to removean item from the display device the tag moulding is easily removed sothat the item can be removed from the display device and the tagmoulding set back in position. The display fixture occupies a minimum.of floor space.

Thus, among others, the several objects of the invention, asspecifically aforenoted, are achieved. Obviously, numerous changes andrearrangement of parts might be resorted to without departing from thespirit of the invention as defined by the claims.

I claim:

1. A display fixture for supporting and displaying items thereinincluding in combination a rear member in the form of a verticallydisposed frame, a bottom member of a horizontally disposed plane forminga right angle with said rear member, first and second oppositelydisposed side frames projecting from said rear member at the side edgesthereof and overlying said bottom member, a plurality .of divider rodsattached to said rear member between said side frames, each divider rodof said plurality being spaced from adjacent divider rods whereby itemsto be displayed can be supported therebetween, a tag molding, openingsformed at each end of said tag molding, and fastening members projectingfrom said side frames to be received within said openings and sup- 4porting said tag molding, said fastening members having shanks withenlarged heads.

2. A display fixture for supporting and displaying a plurality oftubular members including in combination a rear member provided byparallel vertically disposed members and parallel horizontally disposedmembers, a bottom member in the form of a horizontally disposed planeprovided by a substantially rectangular solid member fastened to saidrear member and forming a right angle therewith for supporting the endsof said rolls, first and second oppositely disposed upper side framesprojecting from said rear member at the side edges thereof and overlyingsaid bottom member, first and second oppositely disposed lower sideframes projecting from said rear member at the side edges thereofbeneath said first and second upper side members, respectively, saidrolls being disposed between said respective opposite side frames, aplurality of divider rods, clamping means attached to each of saiddivider rods for clamping said divider rod to said rear member, eachdivider rod of said plurality being spaced from adjacent divider rodswhereby rolls to be displayed can be supported therebetween, and a tagmolding removably attached to said upper side frames.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,636,608 7/1927 Kenyon 211-2,070,507 2/1937 Bishop 211-60 XR 2,516,122 7/1950 Hughes 211-1842,972,421 2/1961 Frick 211-184 3,227,503 1/1966 Fletcher et al. 211-60XR 3,323,657 6/1967 Robbins 211-178 FOREIGN PATENTS 869,195 5/1961 GreatBritain.

ROY D. FRAZIER, Primary Examiner.

W. D. LOULAN, Assistant Examiner.

1. A DISPLAY FIXTURE FOR SUPPORTING AND DISPLAYING ITEMS THEREININCLUDING IN COMBINATION A REAR MEMBER IN THE FORM OF A VERTICALLYDISPOSED FRAME, A BOTTOM MEMBER OF A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED PLANE FORMINGA RIGHT ANGLE WITH SAID REAR MEMBER, FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITELYDISPOSED SIDE FRAMES PROJECTING FROM SAID REAR MEMBER AT THE SIDE EDGESTHEREOF AND OVERLYING SAID BOTTOM MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF DIVIDER RODSATTACHED TO SAID REAR MEMBER BETWEEN SAID SIDE FRAMES, EACH DIVIDER RODOF SAID PLURALITY BEING SPACED FROM ADJACENT DIVIDER RODS WHEREBY ITEMSTO BE DISPLAYED CAN BE SUPPORTED THEREBETWEEN, A TAG MOLDING, OPENINGSFORMED AT EACH END OF SAID TAG MOLDING, AND FASTENING MEMBERS PROJECTINGFROM SAID SIDE FRAMES TO BE RECEIVED WITHIN SAID OPENINGS AND SUPPORTINGSAID TAG MOLDING, SAID FASTENING MEMBERS HAVING SHANKS WITH ENLARGEDHEADS.